Friday, August 10, 2012

Sri Krishna
Jayanthi or Gokulashtami is the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna and is
celebrated all over India. I prepared 'Poha Payasam' as an offering for Lord
Krishna. It is a very healthy & easy to make recipe.

Ingredients:

2 cup Beaten Rice (Poha)

2 cup thick Coconut Milk

½ cup Jaggery

Few Cashew Nuts, Almonds and Raisins

5-6 Saffron
strands

5-6 Green Cardamoms, peeled and seeds crushed to fine powder

Method:

Place poha or beaten rice in a sieve and
give it a quick rinse under running water. Keep it aside.

Take a pan and heat about 1 cup of water
and add jaggery to it. Once the jaggery completely dissolves, pass it through the sieve to remove any impurity.

Transfer the jaggery water back into the
pan and add rinsed poha. Let it cook for two minutes on medium flame.

Next add coconut milk and give it a good
stir. Let it cook for 5 minutes, stirring in between, on medium flame.

Now add crushed cardamom powder and cashew
nuts, almonds and raisins. I had used (almond, cashew nut, pistachio grind powder).

Add little more water, if needed, to get
the required consistency and let it simmer for a minute or two.

Offer it to the Lord Krishna on
Gokulashtami. J

Serve this quick, delicious Poha Payasam hot
or warm or at room temperature or chilled and enjoy!